Federal contractor · BALTIMORE, MD

TOWSON UNIVERSITY

TOWSON UNIVERSITY received $24.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2017: $2.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($24.4K). It also received $46.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$24.4K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
LC3SFMP2L798
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 300KFY2017
  2. 48.8KFY2018
  3. 900.4KFY2019
  4. 335.8KFY2020
  5. 293.7KFY2021
  6. 487.4KFY2022
  7. 0FY2023
  8. 314.2KFY2024
  9. 24.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$24.4K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$24.4K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Baltimore County, MD$24.4K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. SERDP PROJECT ER19-1193$1.3M
    Department of the Army· Baltimore County, MD· Research & development· Jul 10, 2019 – Feb 5, 2026· W912HQ19C0029

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

TOWSON UNIVERSITY received $46.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 144 actions (15 new awards), −3.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($42M).

Assistance · FY2026
$46.1M
New awards
15
Actions
144
Since FY2021
$279.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 81.8MFY2021
  2. 18.7MFY2022
  3. 37.9MFY2023
  4. 46.6MFY2024
  5. 48MFY2025
  6. 46.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$43.8M95%
  2. Grants$2.3M5.0%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$42M91%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$995.4K2.2%
  3. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$742.4K1.6%
  4. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$706.3K1.5%
  5. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$579.2K1.3%
  6. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$528.8K1.1%
  7. 84.335 · Child Care Access Means Parents in School$500K1.1%
  8. 93.866 · Aging Research$471.3K1.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$43.2M94%
  2. National Institutes of Health$1.9M4.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Science Foundation$1.1M2.3%
  4. Department of the Navy$115K0.2%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$41.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 16, 2024 – Oct 28, 2025· P063P240177
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$40.3M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 2, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026· P063P250177
  3. BRIDGES TO THE DOCTORATE AT TOWSON UNIVERSITY - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT AFRICAN-AMERICAN/BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND HISPANIC ARE AMONG THE…$2M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 19, 2022 – Aug 5, 2026· T32GM146694
  4. MAKING STEM MATTER: TRANSFORMING LEARNING THROUGH TEACHER LEADERSHIP, JUSTICE-CENTERED PEDAGOGY, AND MAKERSPACE TECHNOLOGY -THIS PROJECT…$1.7M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· May 5, 2023 – Aug 27, 2026· 2243461
  5. TOWSON UNIVERSITY CCAMPIS GRANT APPLICATION$1.5M
    84.335 · Child Care Access Means Parents in School· Department of Education· Project grant· Sep 26, 2023 – Sep 9, 2026· P335A230026
  6. BRIDGES TO THE BACCALAUREATE RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM AT TOWSON UNIVERSITY - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT A DIVERSE BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE IS…$1.2M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 25, 2023 – Jul 30, 2026· T34GM150447

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $972.3K (9 subawards)

6 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$465.4K48%
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward
  2. MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$238.1K24%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 4 subawards
  3. MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$106.5K11%
    CATONSVILLE, MD · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$75K7.7%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward
  5. MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$53.2K5.5%
    CATONSVILLE, MD · 1 subaward
  6. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$34.1K3.5%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $358.9K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2023: $53K paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2025: $103.4K paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $972.3K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

2 companies · $156.3K reported

  1. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY$103.4K
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 1 subaward
  2. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$53K
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

22 companies · $7.7M reported

  1. MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$3M
    BALTIMORE, MD · 21 subawards
  2. EA ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY, INC., PBC$785.7K
    HUNT VALLEY, MD · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. STATE OF MARYLAND$727.8K
    ANNAPOLIS, MD · 2 subawards

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HORSTMAN, INC.$362.4K
    STERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 2 entities · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. TRANSPHORM, INC$503.8K
    GOLETA, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. INERTIAL LABS, INC.$595.7K
    PAEONIAN SPRINGS, VA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.